WEATHER REPORT
OFFICIAL FORECASTS " The Press ” Special Service WELLINGTON, January 10. The weather forecast for Canterbury issued at 5 p.m., by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, and dealing with the 24 hours following the time of issue, is as follows: Moderate south-easterly winds, tending north-easterly. Weather fair to • fine. Temperatures cool, but gradually rising. WEST COAST The forecast for the West Coast of the Bouth Island is as follows: Moderate southerly winds turning north-easterly. Weather fair to fine and mild.
CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER
There was a wind of gale force from the south-west blowing in Christchurch yesterday, but no rain and a sunshine total of eight hours and a half. At 1 o’clock this morning the gale was still blowing, gusts reaching 43 miles an hour, and there were some clouds. The barometer at 20.91 inches (1012.9 millibars) was falling. Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch, on January 10: — 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Barometer (inches) .. 29.873 29.887 (millibars) .. 1011.6 1012.1 Rising Almost slowly, steady. Thermometer— Dry bulb .. .. 61.6 60.9 Wet bulb .. .. 50.9 52.2 Maximum, prev. 24 hours 69,4 Minimum prev. 24 hours 49.7 Minimum on grass .. 46.0 Maximum during day .. Humidity, per cent. .. 42 51 Wind S.W.. S.W., high high Cloud (0-10) .. ..3 3 Rain ' Olin nil. 1944. 1943. Rainfall to date .. .. O.lOin o.Bßin Observations taken up to 1 a.m. to-day *t "The Press" Office;— 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Barometer (millibars) .. 1013.2 1012.9 (inches) .. 29.92 29.91 Falling Rainfall for 24 hours ended 1 a.m. .. .. Nil SUNSHINE hj. m. Yesterday .. .. 8 36 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. Jan. .. 247 35 138 58 197 47 *96 20 "To January 10. SUN. MOON, AND TIDES Bun—To-day: Rises, 5.1 a.m.; sets, 8.13 p.m. To-morrow: Rises, 5.2 a.m.; sets, 8.13 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—To-day, 5.4 a.m, and 5.26 p.m.; to-morrow, 5.55 a.m. and 6.19 p.m. Phases of Moon for January First quarter, January 3, 8.4 a.m. Full moon, January 10, 10.9 p.m. Last quarter. January 19, 3.12 am. New moon, January 26, 3.24 am.
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Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24152, 11 January 1944, Page 4
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